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Managed to easily get two runes with my Cheibro tank. The game was ridiculously low on good weapons/artefacts of any kind, though, so I made the mistake of trying out Elven Halls 3. I would have been fine if it hadn't been for damnation all the time. The Abyss was astoundingly easy with this build every time I got cast there (didn't manage to find the rune, though). That said, thoughts, suggestions, improvements, etc. for this build?

305169 Alphaeus the Peltast (level 21, -19/151 HPs) Began as a Gargoyle Fighter on Sept 20, 2017. Was a High Priest of Cheibriados. Killed from afar by a deep elf high priest (38 damage) ... with damnation ... on level 3 of the Elven Halls on Sept 21, 2017. The game lasted 04:56:03 (43635 turns).

It makes you vulnerable to cold. It insulates you from electricity. It renders you almost immune to negative energy. It makes you more stealthy. c - a +0 large shield (worn) A - a +1 pair of boots of stealth (worn) F - a +1 cloak (worn) I - a +1 pair of gloves of archery (worn) X - the +3 helmet of Monkosuc (worn) {rC+ Int+4 Dex+5} (You found it on level 3 of the Elven Halls)

You are resistant to torment.Your stone body is resilient. (AC +15)You are immune to poison.Your large and strong wings let you fly indefinitely.You resist negative energy. (rN+)You are resistant to electric shocks. (rElec)You can survive without breathing.You are immune to petrification.You are immune to rotting.You are partially covered in yellow scales. (AC +2)You tend to lose your temper in combat.You are resistant to hostile enchantments. (MR+)You are very robust. (+20% HP)Your movements are slightly less encumbered by armour. (ER -2)

Why are you training M&F? Broad axe of electro is a perfect end-game weapon, especially with Chei who has problems with retreats to corridor.You almost never cast any spells, probably stop training magic schools and train more Fighting/Armour/Dodging.Also I would switch to regular shield, at least while training Fighting/Armour/Dodging. Basically you should never have Shields as highest skill.

Edit. Oops, I missed that the character is dead.

Edit2. With archery gloves and Chei I would probably train some ranged attack instead of spells.

1) I got the Broad Axe just before the war that killed me. Tbh, I hadn't changed over to axes yet because I had seen an eveningstar in Elven Halls 3...just couldn't get past the wall of Elves/summons that were in my way.

2) Spell -- tbh, I wanted to cast more, but the higher lvl ones were still JUST out of reach for me in spell-failure rates. I was training primarily to get my upper-power conjurations running (Iron Shot, Bolt of Magma, etc.)

3) Why would you use a regular shield? Just curious because blocking was ridiculously helpful for me.

Alphaeus wrote:3) Why would you use a regular shield? Just curious because blocking was ridiculously helpful for me.

1) You had huge AC and ok EV and would be fine even without any shield.2) Large shield increased spell failure rate by a lot because you were far from Shields 25. Regular shield did not do that because you already had Shields 15.

Your main armour added two resistances you already had, took away one you needed, and dumped more AC on a character that already had an insane amount. Since you've visited ice cave and volcano, was there not a good armour giving you resistances against cold or fire?

That was the bizzare thing -- in the ice cave the BEST armor this time was a +0 leather armor of fire resistance. In the Volcano I found artefact armor with great AC, but in exchange for only rC and rPois I got -tele.

This gave was REALLY resistance barren, except for the basic rings.

That said, do remember Gargoyle only has innate rN+, so the rN+++ was a bit helpful at times.

Probably it could be a good idea to buy and enchant it to +4 with those scrolls. That would allow you to have both rF+ and rC+ with ring of protection from fire, though of course the death was caused by tactics. Don't forget to teleport early with Chei or use Step from Time.

That said, +8 plate armor gave better AC and the helpful rN maxing, with 5 less points of encumbrance. So, at the moment, the plate armor was decent.

Truth be told, I tend to want to conserve my scrolls too badly for my own good. Had I blinked once more I could have still been alive (most likely).

Step From Time I did use three times in Elven 3, but the small rooms and high monster count (as well as priests being so damn slow) made it less effective than I could have been. Saved me a couple times, but didn't help me recover any.

No. CPA has base armour 14 instead of plate's armour 10. That's +4 AC over +0 plate armour. You had Armour skill 13.9, that's another 2 AC (4*13.9/22). Finally with 4 scrolls of enchant armour you would have 2 more AC than in that +8 plate armour.I often switch to lighter armour in Elf for resistances, I hate ring swapping and Elf really encourages having MR+++/rF+/rC+/rElec/rN+, even rPois is useful.